Permitting Admission of 400,000 Displaced Persons Into the United States: Hearings Before Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2910, a Bill to Authorize the United States During an Emergency Period to Undertake Its Fair Share in the Resettlement of Displaced Persons in Germany, Austria, and Italy ... June 4, 6, 13, 20, 25, 27, and July 2, 9, 16, 18, 1947Considers (80) H.R. 3620, (80) H.R. 2910. |
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... families . H. R. 2910 is necessary because existing administrative and legisla- tive machinery is inadequate to permit us to take our fair share of these displaced persons . President Truman recognized this in his speech on the state 2 ...
... families . H. R. 2910 is necessary because existing administrative and legisla- tive machinery is inadequate to permit us to take our fair share of these displaced persons . President Truman recognized this in his speech on the state 2 ...
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... families partially extermi- nated and separated by the war may be reunited . The bill is designed to cover the displaced persons in Germany , Italy , and Austria , where the bulk of these unfortunates are and where the problem is most ...
... families partially extermi- nated and separated by the war may be reunited . The bill is designed to cover the displaced persons in Germany , Italy , and Austria , where the bulk of these unfortunates are and where the problem is most ...
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... families being taken away and sent to Siberia , in some way . I am glad you brought up that point , though , Mr. Gossett . The bill here naturally only provides the authorization . It is an administrative problem on the screening for ...
... families being taken away and sent to Siberia , in some way . I am glad you brought up that point , though , Mr. Gossett . The bill here naturally only provides the authorization . It is an administrative problem on the screening for ...
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... families that ordinarily would not be on the housing market . But along that line , I have in mind things that have been said such as for example , this , that we could take a certain number of these people and have them work on farms ...
... families that ordinarily would not be on the housing market . But along that line , I have in mind things that have been said such as for example , this , that we could take a certain number of these people and have them work on farms ...
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... families . Many other refugees settled on farms . Mr. GOSSETT . That is just about one - tenth of 1 percent of the num- ber coming in here . Mr. CELLER . These are families , and , of course , that means there are probably three or four ...
... families . Many other refugees settled on farms . Mr. GOSSETT . That is just about one - tenth of 1 percent of the num- ber coming in here . Mr. CELLER . These are families , and , of course , that means there are probably three or four ...
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